The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Department of Education, California has identified shortages of special education, science, and math teachers nearly every year since 1990 ‑91. Special education teachers tend to have higher rates of turnover due to several factors, such as the increased risk of lawsuits and considerable reporting requirements to comply with federal special education law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - The S &P 500, for example, has risen about 40  percent over the last two years. Several signs, however, suggest that the stock market has become overvalued. For example, the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings (a measure of how expensive stocks are) is near historically high levels ( Figure  5 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - For kitchen infrastructure funding, most LEAs requested funding to purchase cooking equipment and make associated facility upgrades (91  percent), followed by service equipment (88  percent) —such as mobile carts —and refrigeration and storage (88  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Department of Education, California has identified shortages of special education, science, and math teachers nearly every year since 1990 ‑91. Additionally, low ‑income urban schools and rural schools experience many difficulties with staffing, often heavily relying on underprepared  teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - I n 2 014 ‑15, the difference between the share of Latino students using the program ( 32  p ercent) and their share of home district enrollment ( 66  p ercent) wa s 3 4  p ercentage points. I n 2 018 ‑19, this difference had decreased t o 2 8  p ercentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - To develop our cost estimate, we begin with the Commission ’s estimate —$2.36 for each female student in grades 6 ‑ 12 —and make a 25  p ercent reduction given some claims appear overstated. This results in a rate of $1. 86 p er student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - Grants must be prioritized for applicants based on the following criteria: Serve high ‑poverty schools where at least 80  p ercent of students are low income. Demonstrate need for expanded access to integrated services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Feb 4, 2021 - In 2018 ‑19, only 27  p ercent of California ’s preschool ‑aged children with disabilities attended an inclusive program for at least ten hours a week, compared to 60  p ercent nationally. Special education preschool administrators we spoke to cited challenges finding inclusive settings for their preschoolers with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4345

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - For example, in the most recent survey (conducted between 2017 and 2019), the share of 7th graders who had experienced cyberbullying increased to 27  p ercent from 19  p ercent in the prior survey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that California had a 38  p ercent increase in suicide deaths in individuals between the ages of 10 and 24 i n the past decade —consistent with national trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - The preliminary P‑1 data we discussed in this post includes attendance data through December, prior to the significant surge in COVID‑19 cases from the Omicron variant. Information from specific school districts suggests that attendance rates in January and February were significantly lower than in the fall due to COVID‑19 cases and associated quarantines.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595